Syncing contacts and calendars to iPod with iTunes for Windows

To configure iTunes to sync contacts to your iPod:

1. Open iTunes.
2. Connect your iPod and wait for it to appear under Devices.
3. Select your iPod. This displays the iPod Preferences.
4. Click the Contacts tab.
5. Click the Contacts tab under the iPod tab.
6. Select the "Synchronize contacts from" checkbox.
7. From the menu, choose the program (Outlook, Outlook Express, or Microsoft Address Book that contains the contacts you want to sync with your iPod.
8. Click Apply.

Outlook Express users, you're done. Outlook users, continue with this next section of steps to allow iTunes to access your Outlook data.

Outlook users:

1. A dialog appears, telling you that a program is trying to access data from Outlook.
2. Select the "Allow access for" checkbox.
3. Choose a time limit from the menu:
   
   
4. Click Yes to close the dialog.
5. Click OK to close iTunes preferences and begin the sync process.

Note: You will need to grant access to your Outlook address book every time you sync contacts from Outlook to iPod.

If you have any trouble syncing your contacts, click here.

To configure iTunes to sync calendars to your iPod

1. Open iTunes.
2. Connect your iPod and wait for it to appear under Devices.
3. Select your iPod. This displays the iPod Preferences.
4. Click the Contacts tab.
5. Select the "Synchronize calendars from Microsoft Outlook" checkbox.
6. Click Apply.
7. A dialog appears, telling you that a program is trying to access data from Outlook.
8. Select the "Allow access for" checkbox.
9. Choose a time limit from the menu:

   

10. Click Yes to close the dialog.
11. Click OK to close iTunes preferences.